Defending Sovereignty: A Biblical and National Case for Immigration Reform
President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement to deport an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants has reignited one of America’s most contentious debates. His plan, described as the “largest deportation program in American history,” reflects a decisive effort to regain control of America’s borders and restore the rule of law. Illegal immigration has long been a strain on the nation’s […]
Race, Identity, and the Church: How Modern Ideologies Distort Biblical Truth
Race dominates nearly every conversation today. From identity politics to corporate boardrooms, racial identity has become the primary lens through which people view the world. But when the Church adopts these ideologies, allowing earthly identities to take precedence over unity in Christ, it signals a severe distortion of biblical truth. How did we get here? […]
Challenging the Ethical Complexities of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
In the 1997 film Gattaca, the camera zooms in on a laboratory where embryos are meticulously selected for their genetic perfection. In this creative adaptation of a dystopian future society, genetic engineering and eugenics are the norm, creating a rigid class system based on genetic makeup. In the movie, the camera pans to a […]
Paid In Full: The Shocking Truth Behind Reparations
Similar to Lucy convincing Charlie Brown that she’ll hold the football steady for a satisfying kick, politicians every four years seek to persuade black voters of their support for reparations. Once in office, the newly appointed official, much like Lucy’s familiar routine, disappoints black voters by retracting support at a crucial moment, reminiscent of Charlie […]
The Truth Behind MLK’s Social Gospel
In a classroom setting where history was taught using textbooks, there was a risk of being exposed to and influenced by revisionist history. However, in our contemporary context, the task of revising history becomes even more daunting, given the rapid and widespread dissemination of information. Unlike historical events about significant individuals, current events are less […]
What is the Fourth of July to Black America?
The signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, represents a momentous occasion in American history. On the same day in 1777, a celebration commemorating the independence of a young nation would be held. The authors of the Declaration were well aware of the ideals to which every sovereign nation should aspire. Thomas […]
Where is the Good News? An Honest Look at the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Community
Some have questioned if evangelicals—especially white evangelicals—did anything to aid the cause of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. Most ardent in this question has been someone like Curtis J. Evans, who has charged, “Although they explicitly condemned racism in many of their public writings, [Evangelicals] did not support the tactics employed by civil […]
The Dangerous Intersection of Christian Nationalism and Ethnocentrism
If what is meant by Christian nationalism today is a form of active patriotism in which borders are protected, national sovereignty is enforced, and society moves back toward a Judeo-Christian ethic, call me a Christian nationalist. However, few have studied the European nationalist movement. Fewer still understand that leaders of this new movement are giving […]
What’s The Truth About Martin Luther King, Jr.?
All of the arguments leading up to Obergefell v. Hodges—the case that concluded that same-sex couples could marry—were founded on the idea that same-sex couples deserved equal rights and the benefits of marriage. However, the supporters of same-sex marriage were not advocating for equal rights; every citizen already had the same right as anyone else to […]
Did the Civil Rights Movement Fail the Black Community?
Booker Taliaferro Washington was born a slave in the South in 1856. After the Emancipation Proclamation, he lived as a teacher, author, and public speaker in a time of deep segregation, until he died in 1915. He gave advice to President Theodore Roosevelt. In his autobiographical work, Up From Slavery, Booker T. Washington writes, Among a […]
